De Puniet To Race With Yoshimura Suzuki Legend Team In The Suzuka 8 Hours

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Randy de Puniet will race with the Yoshimura Suzuki Legend Team in the Suzuka 8 Hours.

DE PUNIET JOINS YOSHIMURA SUZUKI FOR SUZUKA 8-HOUR

Suzuki MotoGP Test Team rider Randy De Puniet will race this year’s World Endurance Championship Suzuka 8-Hour in Japan for the Yoshimura Suzuki team.

The French rider will join Japanese rider Takuya Tsuda – who also is part of Suzuki MotoGP development team – and Tyco Suzuki’s Australian BSB rider Josh Waters for the 37th Coca Cola Zero WEC second round at the end of July as the Yoshimura company celebrates its 60th Anniversary.

Said De Puniet: “I'm really excited to race at the Suzuka 8-Hour in July with Team Yoshimura Suzuki. I have always been interested in racing here because it's an iconic race and it's also one of my favourite tracks. I have good memories of racing Suzuka with my first GP podium in 2002 in the 250cc class.

“For me, it will be a new experience to do an endurance race, to share a bike, and also to ride this Superbike machinery. It will be a special event because it's the 60th Anniversary of the Yoshimura Team and I'm really happy to be there for it. I will do my very best to win this race for Suzuki and Yoshimura.”